Colorado Museums Brace For Program Cancellations
Institutions across Colorado were awarded about $4.3 million in IMLS grants, most of which require matching funds from the museum or library, for the...
Neuroscientist: Music Involves Every Cognitive Ability We Have
“The interesting thing about music is that it touches memory, perception, motor skills, emotions, and reading. It touches everything." - El Pais
The Reason American Small-Town Newspapers Are Closing Isn’t Lack Of Money
As the only outlet covering their communities, these papers still have an audience willing to pay for them, and many of them are profitable....
Journalist William Langewiesche, “Master Of The White-Knuckle Narrative,” Has Died At 70
“A globe-trotting correspondent for The Atlantic, Vanity Fair and The New York Times Magazine, … (he) worked as a commercial pilot before becoming one of...
“Golden Girls” Gossip: Bea Arthur And Betty White Despised Each Other
Said co-producer Marsha Posner Williams, “When that red light was on, there were no more professional people than those women, but when the red...
France’s Most Notorious Rape Trial Is Put Onstage Only Six Months After It Ended
At the Vienna Festwochen, director Milo Rau and dramaturg Servane Dècle presented The Pelicot Trial, a seven-hour reading of excerpts from the courtroom proceedings,...
One Of Gaudí’s Most Famous Barcelona Houses Has Its Rear Façade Restored
“In a project Casa Batlló has described as a ‘remarkable rediscovery,’ the back façade has been returned to its original state following a years-long...
Curtis Institute Raises Nearly $200 Million To Keep Tuition Free
“’What will it take to keep Curtis tuition-free?’ asked Curtis president Roberto Díaz in 2016, when the Institute was still in the early days...
West End “Evita” Has “Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina” Sung To A Crowd Outdoors...
“The audience inside — who have paid up to a whopping £250 ($336) a ticket — are left with a livestream of the number. Those on...
Tom Bodett’s Commercials For Motel 6 Are Legends. Now He’s Suing To Get Paid...
The hotel chain discovered Bodett through his spots on All Things Considered, and their relationship worked very well for almost 40 years. Then the...
AI Is Rewiring The Internet And… Of Course There Are Downsides
A growing body of research correlates persistent use of AI with a drop in critical thinking; humans become reliant on AI and unwilling, perhaps unable, to verify its work....
This 13th-Century Yemeni Citadel May Not Survive Its Own Restoration
“From its perch 5,000 feet above sea level, the ancient al-Qahira Castle has watched over Yemen’s third-largest city, Taiz, for more than 800 years....
Posting The Receipts: Writers Are Documenting Themselves Writing On TikTok To Prove They’re Not...
Prolific authors are not only calling out people who use AI to write, they’re also posting livestreams and time-lapses of their writing processes to...
Inside Pensacola, America’s Book-Banning Capital
Many Pensacola parents were appalled by this surge of censorship; some wondered if it was unconstitutional. By early 2024, a U.S. district court judge...
Is Art Basel Losing Its Mojo?
Art Basel’s flagship event in Switzerland now faces formidable challenges. The 289 gallerists from 42 countries participating in this year’s edition of the fair,...
This Family Has Kept The Whirling Dance of Sufism Alive In Syria
“The al-Kharrats say they are the only family in Syria who have continuously performed the Sema, as the dance is known, ... through years...
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Loses Its Recently-Hired Executive Director
Before leading the festival, Gabriella Calicchio had more than 25 years of experience in the arts, including as managing director of Minneapolis’ nonprofit Children’s...
Fish Out Of Water: A Working Class Writer At The Iowa Writers’ Workshop
"Before their arrival, my classmates had been editorial assistants and reporters and interns for major publications. I had been working nights as a package...
Why Culture Desperately Needs Better Digital Infrastructure
When AI systems learn about Canadian culture, history, and events, they should be learning from trusted, structured, Canadian sources - not filtered scraps from...
Martial-Arts Classics Starring Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, And Jet Li Will Get AI-Powered Remakes
“At the Shanghai International Film Festival on Thursday, a collection of Chinese studios revealed that they are turning to AI to re-imagine around 100 classics of...
How Detroit Reinvented Through The Arts
Fuelled by an enterprising spirit born from recent adversity, many have found new ways to inject life into their communities and cultural arenas. In...
So Why Does Everyone Seem To Be Identifying With Imposter Syndrome?
The phrase “impostor syndrome” often elicits a fierce sense of identification, especially from millennial and Gen X women. When I put out a call...
Netflix To Start Streaming Broadcast Channels
If it proves successful, Netflix and TF1’s partnership could unlock the door for more linear channels to air on streaming services, including in other...
Man Drives Mercedes Down Rome’s Spanish Steps, Gets Stuck
Firefighters who helped the 80-year-old driver from his vehicle say that he was uninjured and disoriented but not intoxicated. A crane removed the car...
Together: Inside The Sonia Friedman-Hugh Jackman-Ian Rickson Low-Cost Theatre Project
While the actors are high-profile, the production costs are kept down: small casts, minimal sets, simple tech, smaller Off-Broadway venue. A quarter of the...
